Navy Department – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and regulations implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and Presidential Executive Order 12114, the Department of the Navy (Navy) has prepared and filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS) on March 27, 2008, to evaluate the potential environmental effects associated with the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) mission activities within the NSWC PCD Study Area, which includes St. Andrew Bay (SAB), and military warning areas W-151 (includes Panama City Operating Area), W-155 (includes Pensacola Operating Area), and W-470. The Proposed Action is to improve NSWC PCD's capabilities to conduct new and increased mission operations for the Department of Defense (DoD) and its customers within the NSWC PCD Study Area. The research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) activities occurring in these areas include air operations, surface operations, subsurface operations, sonar operations, electromagnetic operations, laser operations, ordnance operations, and projectile firing. A Notice of Intent for this Draft EIS/OEIS was published in the Federal Register on August 19, 2004 (69 FR 51453). The Navy will conduct three public hearings to receive oral and written comments on the Draft EIS/OEIS. Federal agencies, state agencies, and local agencies and interested individuals are invited to be present or represented at the public hearings. This notice announces the dates and locations of the public hearings for this Draft EIS/OEIS. Dates and Addresses: An open house session will precede the scheduled public hearing at each of the locations listed below and will allow individuals to review the information presented in the Draft EIS/ OEIS. Navy representatives will be available during the open house sessions to clarify information related to the Draft EIS/OEIS. In addition, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), which is participating as a cooperating agency in the development of the EIS, will be represented at the open houses and public hearings. All meetings will start with an open house from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Presentations and public comment will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Public hearings will be held on the following dates and at the following locations: 1. May 5, 2008, Gulf Coast Community College, Student Union Conference Center, 5230 West Hwy 98, Panama City, Florida, 2. May 6, 2008, Pensacola Junior CollegeWarrington Campus, McMillian Auditorium, 5555 Highway 98 West, Pensacola, Florida, 3. May 7, 2008, Port St. Joe Elementary School Auditorium, 2201 Long Avenue, Port St. Joe, Florida.

Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and the regulations implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508), and Presidential Executive Order 12114, the Department of the Navy (Navy) prepared and filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on March 28, 2008, a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS) for the Southern California Range Complex (including the San Clemente Island Range Complex). This Draft EIS/OEIS evaluates the potential environmental effects of current and emerging training and research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) activities in the Southern California (SOCAL) Range Complex, and proposed upgrades and modernization of range complex capabilities for Navy training and testing. A Notice of Intent for this Draft EIS/ OEIS was published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2006 (71 FR 76639). The Navy will conduct three public hearings to receive oral and written comments on the Draft EIS/OEIS. Federal, State, and local agencies and interested individuals are invited to be present or represented at the public hearings. This notice announces the dates and locations for the public hearings for the Draft EIS/OEIS.

Pursuant to Section (102)(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the regulations implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and the Department of the Navy (DON) NEPA regulation (32 CFR part 775), DON announces the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for potential environmental impacts associated with implementing actions directed by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) Act of 1990, Public Law 101-510, as amended in 2005 (BRAC Law), at the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) in Bethesda, MD.

The Department of the Navy is amending a system of records notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

The Department of the Navy proposes to alter a system of records notice in its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

The Department of the Navy proposes to alter a system of records notice in its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

The Department of the Navy is amending a system of records notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

Pursuant to the provisions of The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meeting of the Board of Advisors to the President, Naval Postgraduate School will be held. This meeting will be open to the public.

The CNO Executive Panel will report on the findings and recommendations of the Navy Medicine to the Chief of Naval Operations. The meeting will consist of discussions of the organization, training, and equipping of Navy medical forces; standards of care for Navy members and their dependents; care for wounded members of the Naval service; the optimal level of ``jointness'' in Navy medicine; public policy recommendations to control the rising cost of Navy health care.

The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. The following patents are available for licensing: U.S. Patent Number 5,520,331 entitled ``Liquid Atomizing Nozzle'', issued on May 28, 1996; U.S. Patent Number 6,105,382 entitled ``Chest Mounted Armored Microclimate Conditioned Air Device'', issued on August 22, 2000; U.S. Patent Number 6,233,740 entitled ``Aircrew Integrated Recovery Survival Vest'', issued on May 22, 2001; U.S. Patent Number 6,241,164 entitled ``Effervescent Liquid Fine Mist Apparatus and Method'', issued on June 05, 2001; U.S. Patent 6,598,802 entitled ``Effervescent Liquid Fine Mist Apparatus and Method'', issued on July 29, 2003; U.S. Patent Number 6,659,963 entitled ``Apparatus for Obtaining Temperature and Humidity Measurements'', issued on December 09, 2003; U.S. Patent Number 7,010,399 entitled ``Hybrid Lidar-Radar for Medical Diagnostics'', issued on March 07, 2006; U.S. Patent Number 7,025,304 entitled ``Helicopter Messenger Cable Illumination'', issued on April 11, 2006; U.S. Patent Number 7,156,161 entitled ``Lightweight Thermal Heat Transfer Apparatus'', issued on January 02, 2007; U.S. Patent Number 7,176,812 B1 entitled ``Wireless Blade Monitoring System and Process'', issued on February 13, 2007; U.S. Patent Number 7,180,442 B1 entitled ``Target Identification Method Using Cepstral Coefficients'', issued on February 20, 2007; U.S. Patent Number 7,225,999 entitled ``Spray Array Apparatus'', issued on June 05, 2007; U.S. Patent Number 7,239,311 entitled ``Global Visualization Process (GVP) and System for Implementing a GVP'', issued on July 03, 2007; U.S. Patent Number 7,284,600 B2 entitled ``Process of Making a Lightweight Thermal Heat Transfer Apparatus'', issued October 23, 2007; U.S. Patent Number 7,331,183 B2 entitled ``Personal Portable Environmental Control System'', issued February 18, 2008; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/ 417,283 filed on May 01, 2006, Navy Case Number 83036 entitled ``Imagery Analysis Tool''; U.S. Patent Number 11/820,034 filed on April 10, 2002, Navy Case Number 83825 entitled ``System and Method of Operation thereof for Increasing Acoustic Bandwidth of Transmitting Devices''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/001,599 filed on November 30, 2004, Navy Case Number 84051 entitled ``Rapid Release Mechanism for Textile Apparel Pockets (Receptacles) and Packs (Stowage Receptacles); U.S. Patent Application Number 11/543,277 filed on October 06, 2006, Navy Case Number 84818 entitled ``Method for Dyeing High Density Polyethylene Fiber Fabric''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/726,204 filed on March 16, 2007, Navy Case Number 84896 entitled ``Radar Altimeter Model for Simulator''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/ 449,977 filed on August 03, 2006, Navy Case Number 84935 entitled ``Cleaning Device for Fiber Optic Connectors''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/251,535 filed on September 29, 2005, Navy Case Number 85000 entitled ``Just In Time Wiring Information System (JITWIS)''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/417,287 filed on May 01, 2006, Navy Case Number 95903 entitled ``Bond Integrity Tool''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/499,179 filed June 05, 2006; Navy Case Number 96399 entitled ``Fluids Mixing Nozzle''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/357,460 filed on February 14, 2006, Navy Case Number 96400 entitled ``Apparatus and Method to Amalgamate Substances''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/251,539 filed on October 03, 2005, Navy Case Number 96569 entitled ``Method for Fabrication for a Polymeric Conductive Optical Transparency''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/482,300 filed on July 11, 2006, Navy Case Number 96614 entitled ``Embedded Dynamic Vibration Absorber''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/801,771 filed on May 31, 2007, Navy Case 96940 entitled ``Large Area Hybrid Photomultiplier Tube''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/801,770 filed on May 31, 2007, Navy Case Number 96941 entitled ``Gating Large Area Hybrid Photomultiplier Tube''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/482,303 filed on July 11, 2006, Navy Case Number 97495 entitled ``Hoisting Harness Assembly Tool''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/481,227 filed on July 07, 2006, Navy Case Number 97763 entitled ``Portable Medical Equipment Suite''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/789,120 filed on April 04, 2007, Navy Case Number 97943 entitled ``Transceiver Optical Subassembly''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/789,121 filed on April 04, 2007, Navy Case Number 97944 entitled ``Hybrid Fiber Optic Transceiver Optical Subassembly''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/ 726,202 filed on March 05, 2007 entitled ``Image Enhancer for Detecting and Identifying Objects in Turbid Media''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/789,119 filed on April 05, 2007, Navy Case Number 98491A entitled ``Adjustable Liquid Atomization Nozzle''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/789,118 filed on April 05, 2007, Navy Case Number 98491b entitled ``Method of Producing and Controlling the Atomization of an Output Flow from a C-D Nozzle''.

The Department of the Navy is deleting a system of records in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to PyroGenesis Canada, Inc. a revocable, non-assignable, partially exclusive license in the U.S. to practice these Government- owned inventions in the field of use defined by the North American Industry Classification System 2007 (NAICS) code number 5622, entitled Waste Treatment and Disposal, as described in: U.S. Patent No. 5,960,026, entitled ``Organic Waste Disposal System,'' issued September 28, 1999, Patent Application 08/925,994.

The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Newport Engineering and Science Company, a revocable, nonassignable, partially exclusive license to practice throughout the United States the Government-owned inventions described in U.S. Pat. App. Ser. No. 11/296,722 COATING TO REDUCE FRICTION ON SKIS AND SNOWBOARDS filed on December 8, 2005.

The Department of the Navy is amending its rules to remove existing sections relating to Fraternization and Sexual Harassment among naval personnel. These rules relate solely to internal personnel matters. Therefore, it has been determined that these rules are not required to be published in the Code of Federal Regulations.

The Department of the Navy is amending a system of records notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

The Board of Visitors of the Marine Corps University (BOV MCU) will meet to review, develop and provide recommendations on all aspects of the academic and administrative policies of the University; examine all aspects of professional military education operations; and provide such oversight and advice, as is necessary, to facilitate high educational standards and cost effective operations. The Board will be focusing primarily on Information, Education, & Technology Study by Flattery Associates, Sub-Committee for Marine Corps Museum and revised By-laws for the Board of Visitors. All sessions of the meeting will be open to the public.

The Department of the Navy is deleting two system of records in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

The Department of the Navy is deleting a system of records in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and regulations implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 1500 to 1508), and Presidential Executive Order 12114, the Department of the Navy (Navy) has prepared and filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS) on February 8, 2008, which evaluates the potential environmental effects associated with the use of mid- and high- frequency active sonar technology and the improved extended echo ranging (IEER) system during Atlantic Fleet Active Sonar Training (AFAST) activities within and adjacent to existing Navy Operating Areas (OPAREAs) located along the East Coast of the United States and in the Gulf of Mexico. Navy OPAREAs include designated ocean areas near fleet concentration areas (i.e., homeports). OPAREAs are where the majority of routine Navy training and research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) activities occur. However, Navy training exercises are not confined to the OPAREAs. Some training exercises or portions of exercises are conducted seaward of the OPAREAs and a limited amount of active sonar use is conducted in water areas shoreward of the OPAREAs. A Notice of Intent for this Draft EIS/OEIS was published in the Federal Register on 29 September 2006 (71 FR 57489). The Navy will conduct six public hearings to receive oral and written comments on the Draft EIS/OEIS. Federal agencies, state agencies, and local agencies and interested individuals are invited to be present or represented at the public hearings. This notice announces the dates and locations of the public hearings for this Draft EIS/OEIS.

The Department of Navy proposes to alter a system of records notice in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), amended. The alteration adds three new routine uses and expands the categories of records collected.

The U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors will meet to make such inquiry, as the Board shall deem necessary into the state of morale and discipline, the curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, and academic methods of the Naval Academy. The meeting will include discussions of personnel issues at the Naval Academy, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. The executive session of this meeting will be closed to the public.

The Department of the Navy announces its decision to accept alternative arrangements approved by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.11 for implementing the procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., for the Navy's Southern California (SOCAL) Operating Area Composite Training Unit Exercises (COMPTUEXs) and Joint Task Force Exercises (JTFEXs) scheduled to occur between today and January 2009.

The Department of the Navy is amending a system of records notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.